56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God; For man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
56:1 {For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David,} (when the Philistines seized him in Gath.) Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me; Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

56:2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.
56:2 My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.

56:3 What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
56:3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in Thee.

56:4 In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?
56:4 In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can [mere] man do to me?

56:5 All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.
56:5 All day long they distort my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.

56:6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
56:6 They attack, they lurk, They watch my steps, As they have waited [to take] my life.

56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
56:7 Because of wickedness, cast them forth, In anger put down the peoples, O God!

56:8 Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?
56:8 Thou hast taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Thy bottle; Are [they] not in Thy book?

56:9 Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.
56:9 Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call; This I know, that God is for me.

56:10 In God (I will praise (his) word), In Jehovah (I will praise (his) word),
56:10 In God, [whose] word I praise, In the LORD, [whose] word I praise,

56:11 In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?
56:11 In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?

56:12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.
56:12 Thy vows are [binding] upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to Thee.

56:13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: (Hast thou) not (delivered) my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
56:13 For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living.